INTERVIEW | How Proposed EPA Electric Vehicle Rule Would Compromise Auto Safety

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🗓️ 13 July 2023

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A proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule that “would limit tailpipe emissions so that in order to comply, auto companies would have to sell 60% of new vehicles as electric by 2030” would adversely affect the safety of cars. So says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment. (The Daily Signal is The Heritage Foundation’s news outlet.) “Well, since [electric] vehicles are more expensive, people would postpone buying them. So, they would stay with their older cars, and newer cars have more safety features. If they get in an accident, they’re less likely to hurt the passenger,” Furchtgott-Roth says. “So, because of that, you have increases in injuries and fatalities, if you make new cars more expensive. And that’s if you increase [Corporate Average Fuel Economy] standards for normal gasoline-powered vehicles, or you mandate electric vehicles,” she adds. According to the Department of Transportation, CAFE standards are fleetwide averages that must be achieved by each automaker for its car and truck fleet. Furchtgott-Roth joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to further discuss the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule and what environmental benefits the EPA is hoping to accomplish in potentially implementing that rule, as well as the role that China plays in producing electric vehicles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We have a love of freedom. People here come here because they want mobility, they want
0:05.6	freedom, and an element of freedom is getting in your car and driving.
0:14.7	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, July 13th. I'm Smitha Cheris, and that was
0:21.1	Diana Fritch Gott Roth, Director of the Center for Energy, Climate and Environment at the
0:26.4	Heritage Foundation. Diana joins us to discuss a proposed rule by the Environmental Protection
0:32.3	Agency relating to electric vehicles. That aims to, according to the EPA's website, further
0:38.3	reduce harmful air pollution emissions from light duty and medium-duty vehicles starting
0:43.5	with Model Year 2027. Diana breaks down what the rule entails, how she thinks it could
0:50.3	impact car safety and the role China plays in producing electric vehicles. Before we get
0:56.7	to my conversation with Diana, I want to tell you about another great podcast from the
1:01.8	Daily Signal. That's Problematic Women. Did you know that conservative women are problematic
1:08.2	women? Why? Well, because they don't adhere to the agenda of the radical left. Every Thursday
1:15.1	morning on the Problematic Women Podcast, Kristen Eyckhammer, Lauren Evans, and Virginia
1:20.2	Allen are joined by other conservative women to break down the big issues and news you care
1:26.2	about. Whether you are interested in hot takes and conversations on pop culture or what
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1:37.6	up to date on the issues that are of particular interest to conservative leaning, that is,
1:42.7	problematic women. Find problematic women wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on
1:49.1	Instagram. Diana Fritz Gottroth is joining today's show. Diana is the director of the Center for
2:01.4	Energy, Climate, and Environment here at the Heritage Foundation. Diana, thanks for joining us.
2:06.6	It's great to have you again. It's great to be with you Samantha. So let's just dive right in and
2:11.9	discuss this proposed environmental protection agency role, which aims to further reduce harmful
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